TarāorīTaraori, Battles ofTaraori also spelled Tarain(1191), Tarāorī also spelled Tarāīn, series of engagements that opened all of North north India to Muslim control. The battles were fought between Muʿizz al-ud-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sām of Ghūr and Pṛthvīrāja Prithviraja III, the Cauhān Chauhan (CāhamānaChahamana) , Rājput Rajput ruler of Ajmer and Delhi. The battlefield lay between KarnālKarnal, about 70 miles (110 km) north of Delhi, and ThānesarThanesar, in the Karnāl district Karnal region of the modern state of Haryanain , India.

Muḥammad had taken Lahore from the last of the Ghaznavids in 1186 and now wished to invade Hindu India. In 1191 he was defeated by a confederate Rājput Rajput host, led by Pṛthvīrāja Prithviraja and supported by Jai Chand of Kanauj Kannauj and Banāras Banaras (Vārānasinow Varanasi). In 1192 he returned and defeated and killed PṛthvīrājaPrithviraja, then unsupported by Jai Chand, on the same field. The Ghūrid cavalry tactics baffled the Rājputs Rajputs until Muḥammad was able to crush the centre with his main force. This battle was decisive. Delhi was occupied in 1192–93, and the whole of North north India fell into Muslim hands within 20 years.